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Bilaspur. Chhattisgarh’s first Automatic Fitness Testing Center is now in Raipur to check the fitness of vehicles. This centre is an achievement in the efforts of the Transport Department towards reducing road accidents. As per the intention of the Chief Minister, the Transport Department is making continuous efforts to modernise the systems. Various services related to the Transport Department are now available online. Driving licence and registration certificates are now home delivered. The department is also going to automate the work of fitness inspection of transport vehicles. In this regard, Secretary of Transport S. Prakash said that the automatic machines will now perform the fitness inspection without human intervention. Commissioner Dipanshu Kabra said that the machine performed the roller brake tests, axle load tests, suspension tests, side slip tests, joint play tests, steering gear play tests, speedo metre tests, speed governor tests, and exhaust gas tests in the Automated Fitness Center.
A transport vehicle undergoes a fitness-proof inspection every two years. Transport vehicles older than eight years must undergo a fitness inspection every year. This rule applies to passenger and goods vehicles used as commercial vehicles to carry passengers or goods. In the past, an inspector did the fitness inspection in the RTO office. A fitness certificate is issued after a visual inspection by the inspector based on experience. In such a situation, the vehicle owners are unsatisfied with this test. In an accident involving a transport vehicle, the loss of life and property is high.
From April 1, 2024, as per a new notification, heavy vehicles must get tested through automatic fitness centres. The state has also brought a scrapping policy to speed up the automobile sector, under which up to a 25 per cent tax rebate will be given while buying a new automobile for scrapping the old. For this – the vehicle must first be scrapped at a registered scrapping facility after being inspected by the Automatic Fitness Center. Following that, they will receive a certificate of deposit for tax exemption to purchase a new vehicle, which will provide the benefit of exemption.
